File-System Testing Up To Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 through Linux 4.9 file-system benchmarks using EXT4, F2FS, Btrfs, and XFS. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1612133-TA-FILESYSTE79&grs .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution EXT4 F2FS Btrfs XFS Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores) MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0 Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon 16384MB 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB Realtek ALC1150 ASUS PB278 Intel Connection Ubuntu 16.10 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.5.0 X Server 1.18.4 nouveau 1.0.12 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3 Gallium 0.4 GCC 6.2.0 20161005 ext4 2560x1440 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) f2fs 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) btrfs 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) xfs 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave System Details - Python 2.7.12+. Disk Mount Options Details - EXT4: Linux 4.6: data=ordered,relatime,rw - EXT4: Linux 4.7: data=ordered,relatime,rw - EXT4: Linux 4.8: data=ordered,relatime,rw - EXT4: Linux 4.9: data=ordered,relatime,rw - F2FS: Linux 4.6: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,inline_data,relatime,rw,user_xattr - F2FS: Linux 4.7: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,inline_data,relatime,rw,user_xattr - F2FS: Linux 4.8: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,flush_merge,inline_data,lazytime,mode=adaptive,relatime,rw,user_xattr - F2FS: Linux 4.9: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,flush_merge,inline_data,inline_dentry,lazytime,mode=adaptive,relatime,rw,user_xattr - Btrfs: Linux 4.6: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - Btrfs: Linux 4.7: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - Btrfs: Linux 4.8: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - Btrfs: Linux 4.9: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - XFS: Linux 4.6: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw - XFS: Linux 4.7: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw - XFS: Linux 4.8: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw - XFS: Linux 4.9: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw
fio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s fio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s sqlite: Default Test Directory postmark: Disk Transaction Performance fio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s blogbench: Write blogbench: Read fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size compilebench: Initial Create fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size EXT4 F2FS Btrfs XFS Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 427.15 286.24 41.10 6578 205.06 6010 2303055 51.63 225.81 43.55 441.34 63.45 430.07 287.06 39.07 6756 226.64 5440 2464416 51.33 210.79 43.16 439.47 62.48 359.77 355.87 37.89 6522 127.31 5863 2607836 51.47 210.70 42.96 452.33 61.60 428.98 288.47 38.25 6466 210.01 5920 2273978 51.63 212.53 42.63 451.62 61.77 428.90 287.17 40.00 7980 217.75 4938 3154997 52.67 216.39 45.27 435.93 64.07 429.56 287.63 40.33 8154 218.37 4452 3336775 52.40 207.41 45.30 405.82 63.88 360.71 357.91 39.97 8154 128.54 4332 3202812 47.70 220.92 44.95 403.59 63.32 430.82 286.02 40.00 8243 221.09 3523 3258119 52.20 213.47 45.30 356.18 62.98 97.32 94.47 131.38 6697 250.56 4439 3219050 50.10 213.12 44.93 123.51 68.60 99.25 93.06 132.00 6697 244.42 4451 3234609 49.73 212.15 46.17 133.18 71.55 91.08 90.57 85.47 6637 248.34 4680 3170021 51.07 210.16 46.08 170.60 55.93 99.11 90.31 84.87 6303 250.36 4655 3070448 50.30 216.27 44.92 192.47 64.42 430.30 282.43 35.23 6199 221.19 3448 3029239 52.13 216.58 45.77 325.14 77.32 430.72 287.46 35.31 6163 227.45 3311 3227148 51.47 215.67 45.37 310.81 98.15 359.56 352.00 35.12 3928 128.42 3417 3268490 52.40 214.86 45.23 345.05 103.70 430.11 279.83 35.33 3995 222.20 3380 3112281 53.07 215.99 45.98 303.89 93.52 OpenBenchmarking.org
Flexible IO Tester Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max EXT4 359.8 411.5 430.1 F2FS 360.7 412.5 430.8 Btrfs 91.1 96.7 99.3 XFS 359.6 412.7 430.7 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 110 220 330 440 550
Flexible IO Tester Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max EXT4 286.2 304.4 355.9 F2FS 286.0 304.7 357.9 Btrfs 90.3 92.1 94.5 XFS 279.8 300.4 352.0 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 100 200 300 400 500
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory Min Avg Max EXT4 37.9 39.1 41.1 F2FS 40.0 40.1 40.3 Btrfs 84.9 108.4 132.0 XFS 35.1 35.2 35.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 40 80 120 160 200
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Min Avg Max EXT4 6466 6581 6756 F2FS 7980 8133 8243 Btrfs 6303 6584 6697 XFS 3928 5071 6199 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
Flexible IO Tester Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max EXT4 127.3 192.3 226.6 F2FS 128.5 196.4 221.1 Btrfs 244.4 248.4 250.6 XFS 128.4 199.8 227.5 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 60 120 180 240 300
BlogBench Test: Write Min Avg Max EXT4 5440 5808 6010 F2FS 3523 4311 4938 Btrfs 4439 4556 4680 XFS 3311 3389 3448 OpenBenchmarking.org Final Score, More Is Better BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000
BlogBench Test: Read Min Avg Max EXT4 2273978 2412321 2607836 F2FS 3154997 3238176 3336775 Btrfs 3070448 3173532 3234609 XFS 3029239 3159290 3268490 OpenBenchmarking.org Final Score, More Is Better BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Min Avg Max EXT4 51.3 51.5 51.6 F2FS 47.7 51.2 52.7 Btrfs 49.7 50.3 51.1 XFS 51.5 52.3 53.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 15 30 45 60 75
Flexible IO Tester Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max EXT4 210.7 215.0 225.8 F2FS 207.4 214.5 220.9 Btrfs 210.2 212.9 216.3 XFS 214.9 215.8 216.6 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 60 120 180 240 300
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Min Avg Max EXT4 42.6 43.1 43.6 F2FS 45.0 45.2 45.3 Btrfs 44.9 45.5 46.2 XFS 45.2 45.6 46.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 12 24 36 48 60
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create Min Avg Max EXT4 439.5 446.2 452.3 F2FS 356.2 400.4 435.9 Btrfs 123.5 154.9 192.5 XFS 303.9 321.2 345.1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 120 240 360 480 600
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Min Avg Max EXT4 61.6 62.3 63.5 F2FS 63.0 63.6 64.1 Btrfs 55.9 65.1 71.6 XFS 77.3 93.2 103.7 OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 20 40 60 80 100
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